Catcher: Joe Torre

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While most young baseball fans of this generation will associate Joe Torre exclusively with his tenure as the manager of the New York Yankees, it is hard to ignore the tremendous career that he had as a player.

Torre debuted with the MilwaukeeBraves in 1960 as 20-year-old following his batting title in the Northern League.

He quickly became an All-Star caliber catcher, however, and was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals due to a dispute with the manager.

During his tenure with the Cardinals, Torre won the 1971 National League MVP and became a real menace to the Mets.

He compiled 30 home runs against the Mets in his career, and it would have been much more had he not been traded to them in 1975.

Eventually, Torre was switched to third base as he got older and his production slipped from behind the plate.

During his Mets career he is most known for hitting into four double plays in one game, with Felix Millan singling before him in every at bat.

Second Base: Chase Utley

The hard-nosed—sometimes dirty—Chase Utley had one of the most dominant five-year stretches of any second basemen in Major League Baseball history.

Five top-20 finishes in the NL MVP is nothing to scoff at.

Much of that success, however, came at the hands of the New York Mets.

Over his career, Utley has torched the Mets to the tune of 27 home runs with 69 RBI and a .901 OPS in 119 games started.

The pinnacle of his domination of the Mets came in 2009, when he hit nine home runs at Citi Field in nine games. No Mets player hit more than nine home runs at Citi Field, and they happen to play 81 games there.

Utley is now on the back-end of his career, having suffered multiple serious injuries, which might mean his Met-killing days are over.

Right Fielder: Andre Dawson

"The Hawk," as he was affectionately known, was recently inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.

He could also be inducted into the Met-killer Hall of Fame based on his 36 career home runs against the Mets.

Dawson played most of his 21-year career in the National League, which gave him 267 career games to do damage against the Mets.

The 8-time All Star won the 1987 NL MVP with a monster year, crushing 49 home runs and driving in 137 runs, despite playing for the last place Chicago Cubs.

The fact that Dawson also hit more than 30 career home runs against the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies makes it a bit more understandable that he torched the Mets so routinely.

No.2 Starting Pitcher: Bob Gibson

How's this for a large sample size—in 385 innings against the New York Mets, Bob Gibson compiled a 28-14 record with a 2.57 ERA.

It's not quite as dominating as his 30-12 record against the Philadelphia Phillies, or his 1.12 ERA with 28 complete games during his 1968 MVP season, but still enough to garner a spot on this list.

Gibson is widely considered one of the most competitive and intimidating athletes of all-time.

Willie Mays told the story that he once approached Gibson before a game and greeted him by saying, "Hey Bob, how's it going today"? which Bob replied by saying, "I don't know, I'll let you know tomorrow."

That is a testament to his hell-bent attitude of winning, which combined with a hellacious slider to win many games over the New York Mets.

No.3 Starting Pitcher: John Smoltz

John Smoltz could actually crack this list as either a starter or a reliever considering he won 18 games to go along with 24 saves.

For much of the 1990s and early 2000s, Smoltz was the least ballyhooed of the trio of Braves' aces due to the fact he did not win a Cy Young while Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine combined to win six.

Smoltz was the one who compiled the best postseason stats, winning 15 games against only 4 losses with a 2.67 ERA in 27 starts.

Against the Mets, Smoltz was a bulldog. He combined a mid 90s fastball with an off-the-charts slider that continually baffled the Mets hitters, even when they featured lineups of Mike Piazza, Robin Ventura and Edgardo Alfonzo.

The Mets can take solace in the fact that one of their best postseason moments occurred while he was on the mound.

During Game 6 of the 1999 NLCS, Mike Piazza hit a dramatic two-run opposite field home run to tie the score after Al Leiter put them in a 5-0 first inning hole.

Also, Pedro Martinez out dueled Smoltz on April 10th, 2005 to record his first victory in a Mets uniform. Smoltz recorded 15 strikeouts on that day, but was ultimately bitten by a Carlos Beltran home run to dead-center.

Regardless, Smoltz was another pitcher who consistently dominated the Mets through out his career and they are fortunate that trio of stars have retired.